Fire Tripper

Fire Tripper
Cover art from the VHS release of Fire Tripper
炎トリッパー (Faiā Torippā)
Genre	Drama, Adventure, Science Fiction
Manga
Written by	Rumiko Takahashi
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	Viz
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Published	1983
Original video animation
Directed by	Motosuke Takahashi
Produced by	Yuji Nunokawa
Written by	Tomoko Konparu
Music by	Keiichi Oku
Studio	Studio Pierrot
Released	December 16, 1985
Runtime	50 minutes

Fire Tripper (炎トリッパー, Honoo Torippā^?, literally meaning "Flame Tripper") is a Japanese manga by Rumiko Takahashi and published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1983. The manga was later compiled in Rumic World books, which are available in English from Viz Media. It was adapted into an anime OVA. In North America, this was released on VHS by Central Park Media under the "Rumik World" series (which also included OVAs Laughing Target, Maris the Chojo, and Mermaid Forest). Fans of Inuyasha will see a similarity between this one-shot story and the plot of Inuyasha as both feature a Japanese schoolgirl who's magically transported back in time and who meets and falls in love with a rough but lovable boy who becomes her protector during the Japanese "Warring States" era.

The protagonist of the series is Suzuko, a normal Japanese school girl from modern times, but has a strange memory of being trapped in a burning house when she was little. One day, as she is walking home Shuhei, her neighbour's child who has recently had his appendix removed, a huge gas explosion occurs.

When Suzuko wakes up, she finds herself in a post-battlefield, in civil war era Japan, with dead bodies all around her. Some men find her in the field, and attempt to rape her.

However, a young man named Shukumaru comes to Suzuko's rescue. After Suzuko is saved, Shukumaru takes Suzuko back to his village. He's the village thief/protector. Upon their arrival there, Shukumaru gives his little sister, named Suzu, a bell. He also claims he will marry Suzuko.